deserve me

from all the nights we spent

slow dancing in the dark

when your arm held my waist

after our worlds fell apart,

from the secrets we garnered

to the fairytale we weaved

from the first bare touch

to the tears over smiles

from the hopeless elogies

to the intoxicated jokes

from the blistering lacerations to

the ways we healed each other

from when you kissed my tears

to when we shared my first beer

the bookmark of my life

my dark knight in shining armour

the Dwight to my Angela

the Sheldon to my Amy

you brought me back to life

one hug at a time

so when you cry, "I don't deserve you,"

remember this, I insist

you're the home of all my homes

you're the horizon where my smiles

set and rise like clockwork 

you're a book I'd read till the weight

of my eyelids gave out

you're a song I would sing

till it fit every little kid's mouth

you're the alphabets of my favourite story

and all good things- sinful and holy.